Valve control



2 Sheets-Sheet l DeC- 25, 1933- L.. c. sHlPPY VALVE CONTROL Original Filed April 5, 1929 L, C. SHPPY VALVE CONTROL Dec. 26, 1933.

OrgnalvFiled April 3, 19129` 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 feo C. Wip/wy @www Patented Dec. V26, 1933 usr-reo sTAres VALVE VcoN'rRoL Leo C. vShippy, Anderson, Ind., assignor to Delco- `Remy Corporation, Anderson, Ind., a corporation of Delaware vOriginal application April 1923, .Serial No.,v 352,310. Divided and this application February 9, 1931. Serial No. 514,614 Y v8 Claims.

This application is a division of my application Serial Number 352,310, filed April 3, 1929, now Patent No. 1,820,252, and relates to a device for controlling the pressure applied to a hyy draullc press, and in particular to a device for controlling the pressure by a mechanicall or manually voperated mechanism.

. An object of the present invention is to 'provide a means to operate a rotary valve which,

when rotated through Aa predeterminedv angle automatically connects the cylinderof ahydraulic press to a pressure different from the pressure appliedY immediately before the rotationof the valve.

f Further objects Vand advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein a preferred embodiment of one form of the present invention is l clearly shown. v

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the valve driving mechamsm. p

Fig. 2 is aside view of the valve driving mechanism looking in the direction of the arrow.2 in Figi. i p;

Fig. 3 isa sectional view of the valve mechanism taken substantially onv the line 3 3 of- Fig. 4.

. Fig. 4 is anothersectional view of the valve mechanism taken on the line 4 4 kof Fig.'3. l Fig. 5 is a sectional view takenon the line 5 5 of'Fg. 3.

Fig. 6 Vis a sectional view takenzon the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. ,A

In the drawings, the reference character 30 indicates a rotary valve cooperating with a valve seat member 31 in order to vcontrol vthe pressure applied to the cylinder of a hydraulic press. The valve 30'may have four operating positions requiring it to be turned intermittently one quarter turn. quarter turn from the' normal position connects the cylinder in sequence first to a source of low pressure, second to a source of vhigh pressure, third to neutral position and fourth to the exhaust. To accomplish this, the Valve 30` is mounted on an operating shaft 32 carrying a sprocket wheel 33 connected by a sprocket chain' 34 with a sprocket wheel (not shown) and driven by mechanism described in the copending application mentioned heretofore.

When it is desired'to. use the molding-press for special work, the' press may be operated manually. This is accomplished'by the operator The vvalve upon being rotated eachv using a lever 35.to operate the valve 30. The lever 35 is mounted on a collar 36 splined to a member 37v by' keys 38. Member 37 is provided with a recess which fits over the end of the shaft 32 and held there by a screw 39 threadedly en gaging the end of the shaft. The collar 36 and ie lever 35 may. move .axially Valong the member `37. biased to the lleft asviewed in Fig. 3 by a plurality of pins 40 each of .which is provided with a collar 41 normally abutting a frame .42which rotatively' supports the member 37. The pins 40 are biased to the left as viewed in Figs. 3 and 4 by `helical springs 43 mounted intermediate the collar 41v and a plate 44 held in position by` a` plurality of screws 45 engaging the frame 42. Whenever the collar36 is biased to the left as viewed. in Figs. 3 and 4, a plurality of detents 47 as seen inFig. 5 engage recesses providedl thereforon the sprocket wheel 33. Consequently l the collar 36 will be rotated by the sprocket wheel 33 when in this position.

The lever 35 is normally held in` an inoperative position byV a Adog or pawl 48 resting on a member- 49 .attached tomember 42 by suitable screws. Whenever the operator desires to'use the machine he releases the dog 48 from a stop 49 by a conventional Alever release 50. rNow as the Operator manually rotates the'lever 35 in a clockwise direction as .seen in Fig. v1 the lever 35 will be cammingly engagedby a detent or cam lug 51 integral with a member 52r attached tothe frame 42 by suitable screws 53. The lever 35 Will be biased to -the right as viewed in'Figs. 2, 3 and 4` by an inclined surface. 54 of the cam lug 51 cooperatingwith an inclined surface 55 on a notchprovided on the lever 35.for receiving the cam lug.

As fthe lever 351s rotated the dog 48 willengage a peripheral notch 56a in the collar 36. As the lever 35 is movedto theright by the detent 51, collar 36 will also be moved to the right so as to allow the detents 47 integral with the collar 36 to clear the recesses provided thereforv in the sprocket 33'. As the handle 35 is moved manually ina contra-clockwise rotation, as viewed in Fig. 6, thecollar 36 and consequently thevalve 30 will be rotated at the will of 'the operator without rotating the sprocket 33. yAs clearly seen in Fig. 6 if the leverl is raised to the dotdash position 35a with the dog 48 released and then the dog 48 permitted to engage the notch 56a, itV will rotatethe valve Y30 through a quarter turn `when the lever is moved from 35a down to substantially position 35 where dog 48 abuts the stop Normally themembers 35 and" 36 are.

driven clutch and a notch in said surface; a ldog slidably carried by the lever and yieldingly urged into driving engagement with a peripheral notch of the driven clutch part; means carried by the lever for withdrawing the dog from engagement with a notch of the driven clutch part; a stationary cam lug normally projecting into the correspondingly formed notch in the lever surface and cooperatingT with both for shifting the driven clutch part out of engagement with the driving clutch part upon manual rotation of the lever in one direction and for maintaining the driven clutch partout of engagement with the driving clutch part until the notch in the lever surface aligns with the cam lug; and a stationary stop having a surface to be engaged by the dog on the manually rotated lever when drivingthe driven clutch part in said one direction thereby preventing the lever from moving into a position in which the notch in the lever surface would align with the cam lug.

6. A device for controlling the pressures applied to the cylinder of an hydraulic press comprising, in combination, a valve mechanism Vfor connecting the cylinder to each of said pressures Am a predetermined sequence; driving means for actuating said valve mechanism toi change the pressure applied tothe cylinder, said driving means including a clutch having a driving clutch part and a longitudinally shiftable driven clutch part normally yieldingly urged into engagement with the driving clutch part and having peripheral notches equaling in number the number of pressures'applied to the cylinder, said driven clutch part being in permanent driving connection with the valve mechanism and requiring one complete revolution in a certain direction for actuating the valve mechanism so as to connect the cylinder to each 3 pressure in the predetermined sequence; a manually operable lever rotatably supported by the driven clutch part but longitudinally immovable thereof, said lever having a surface transverseto the shifting direction of the driven clutch and a notch in said surface; a dog slidably carried by the lever and yieldingly urged into driving engagement with a peripheral notch of the driven clutch part; means carried by the lever for withdrawing the dog from engagement with a notch' of the driven clutch part; a stationary cam lug normally projecting into the correspondingly formed notch in the lever surface and cooperating with both for shifting the driven clutch part out of engagement with the driving clutch part upon manual rotation of the lever in one direction and for maintaining the driven clutch part out of engagement with the driving clutch part until the notch in the lever surface aligns with the cam lug; and a sta ionary sto-p being so located with 1- respect to the cam lug that a surface of said stop prevents the dog from entering a peripheral notch.

in the driven clutch part when the' cam lug projects into the corresponding notch of the lever surface. l

'7. A device for controlling the pressures ap pressure applied to the cylinder, said driving v means including a clutchV having a driving clutch part and a longitudinally shiftable driven clutch part'normally yieldingly urged into engagement with the-driving clutch part and having peripheral notches 'equaling innumber the number of pressures vapplied to thefcylinder, saidY driven clutch part being in' permanent drivingconnection with thevalve mechanism and-requiring one complete revolution in a certain direction yfor actuating the valve mechanism so as to connect the cylinder to each pressure in the predetermined sequence; a manually operable lever rotatably supported by the driven clutchrpart but longitudinally immovable thereof, said lever having a surface transverse to the shifting direction of the driven clutch and a notch in said surface; a dogV slidably carried by the lever and yieldingly urged into driving engagement with a peripheral notch ofthe driven clutch part; means carried by the lever for withdrawing the dog from engagement with a notch of the driven clutch part; a station ary cam lug normally projecting into the vcorrespondingly `formed notch in the lever .surface and cooperating with both for shifting the driven clutch part out of engagement with the driving clutch part upon manual rotationof the lever in one direction and for maintaining the drivenV cylinder, and for preventing the lever while driving the driven clutch part in said one direction from moving into a position in which the notch in the lever surface would align with the cam lug.

8. A device for controlling the pressures applied to the cylinder of an hydraulic press comprising, in combination, a valve mechanism for connecting the cylinder to each of said pressures in a predetermined sequence; driving means for actuating said valve mechanism to change the pressure applied to the cylinder, said driving means including a clutch having a driving clutch part and a longitudinally shiftabledriven clutch part normally yieldingly-urged into engagement with the driving clutch part, and having peripheral notches equaling in number the number of presist y sures applied to the cylinder, said driven clutch part being in permanent driving connection with the valve mechanism and requiring one complete revolution 'in a certain direction for actuating the valve mechanism so as to connect the cylinder to each pressure in the predetermined sequence; a manually operable lever rotatably supported by the driven clutch part but longitudinally immovable thereof, said lever having a surface transverse to the shifting direction of the driven clutch and a notch in'said surface; a dog slidably carried bythe lever and yieldingly urged into driving engagement with a peripheral notch of the driven clutch part; meanscarried Y by the lever for withdrawing the dog from engagement with a-notchof thev driven clutch part; aystationary' :cam 4lug normally projecting into the correspondinglylformed notch in the lever surface-and cooperating with both for shifting the driven clutchpartout of` engagement with the driving clutch vpart upon manual rotation of the lever'inl onedirection and for maintaining the driven clutch part out of engagement with the driving clutch part until the'notch in the lever surface aligns with the cam lug; and a stationary stop' being soi-located With'respect to the cam lug that a surfaceof said. stop prevents the dog from drivingly engaging av lperipl'ieral notch in the driven clutchpart when the cam lug projects into 

